Rainbow Fat Quarter Swap Round 2 - Still time to sign up!

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There are 6 more days to sign up for the Rainbow Fat Quarter Swap Round 2.  As of right now, we have only 4 sign ups.  Click the image below to read the original post & sign up!

Rainbow Fat Quarter Swap 2

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WELCOME TO OUR 2ND ROUND OF SWAPPING!

This is a great way to build up your fabric stash with lots of color!

PLEASE READ ENTIRE POST CAREFULLY!  :)

To avoid each participant from buying alot of fabric, I will limit each swap group to 12 participants, which is how many colors are in the color wheel.  This means that each participant will have to buy only 3 yards of fabric.  If I get alot of interest to participate, there will be more groups.  But I will need the total number of participants to be divisible by 12 to create additional groups.  Participants will be grouped together in the order they sign up.  DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS JUNE 9TH.  I WILL ASSIGN COLORS BY THE 11TH.  PARTICIPANTS MUST BE IN THE USA OR CANADA ONLY.

DETAILS OF SWAP:

• For the Rainbow Swaps, I might use the idea from the blog FROM THE BLUE CHAIR in that she is doing 4 swaps per round (1st being bright colors, 2nd being pastels, 3rd being jewel tones with black mixed in, 4th being solids).  I might plan on adding a 5th round of light colors that are not pastel.

• Those who signed up for this first round will have priority in signing up for subsequent Rainbow rounds as long as they were good swappers, shipped on time and followed all guidelines.

• Quilt-shop-quality fabric only--please no Jo-Ann's, Walmart, etc.

• I'll assign each person in a group a different color.  You need to purchase the fabric in your assigned color.  We are swapping print fabrics only this round.  The fabric must "read" the assigned color, but does not have to be entirely that color.  Large-scale prints may not be appropriate as they will be too big.  Keep this in mind when choosing fabrics.  The image below is from The Blue Chair blog and will give you an idea of which fabrics are good for this swap.

• There are 12 participant slots for each group--everyone sends 12 Fat Quarters and I'll send you 12 Fat Quarters from other swappers.

• This round will be for Jewel Tones Colored Prints.  All color assignments will be based on the color wheel below.  Jewel Tones means that the fabric must include the assigned color, maybe a 2nd color matching the assigned color, some black highlights and maybe some white or cream if you choose but no "color" that doesn't match the assigned color (i.e. red being the assigned color and you see a fabric that has yellow in it).  IF YOU HONESTLY CAN'T FIND A FABRIC LIKE THIS FOR YOUR ASSIGNED COLOR, JUST GET A BRIGHTLY COLORED FABRIC IN YOUR ASSIGNED COLOR BUT THE FABRIC CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN 1 OR 2 ADDITIONAL MATCHING COLORS IN THE SAME COLOR FAMILY PLUS MAYBE A CREAM OR WHITE LIKE IN THE IMAGE ABOVE.  If you have any questions, please let me know.  You can always send me a link to an online fabric image and I will let you know if it's right or not.

• Fabric must be New, Unwashed & come from a Smoke Free environment.

• All fabric must be in my hands no later than June 21st, 2012 (although the sooner the better).  I will return the Fat Quarter packs as soon as all are received.  I hope to have the packages back to you within a week or 2 of the 21st.

• When mailing your fabric, you must include a Pre-Paid Priority Mail Envelope.  If you do not send the pre-paid envelope, I can't send your Fat Quarters back.  Place your fabric in a heavy Ziploc or other plastic bag.  Include a 3x5 index card or any size piece of paper listing your name, address & email address so I can let you know I received your fabric.  Just fold your pre-paid envelope in half & insert.  Having everything pre-paid will make things so much easier and quicker for me.

• If you would like, take a permanent marker and write a short note on the outside of your Ziploc bag for the recipient and include your first name.  You could write something like, "Happy Swapping!  @pril"

• If you choose to order your fabric online, you can have the fabric shipped directly to me.  I will cut it for you, since Fat Quarters are easier to cut than Charms.  This will avoid you having to pay shipping twice (i.e. fabric shop sends fabric to you to cut, you send fabric to me for swap). 

• For this round and all future rounds I am accepting PayPal only for those not shipping a pre-paid Priority Mail Envelope to me.  US Participants will send $6.15 & CANADIAN Participants will have to send me $13.15 via PayPal.  This will pay to have your final package shipped back to you via USPS Priority Mail.  For those in the US, please choose the "Gift Option" before sending.  Click on "Send Money" then on the next screen, click on "Personal" located at the middle of the screen next to "Purchase".  You can just leave it set as "Gift".  Canadian PayPal may have the exact same setup, not sure.

• 3 yards of Quilt fabric weighs roughly 1 lb.  First Class Mail only goes up to 13 ounces.  Which is why USPS Priority Mail is best for this swap.

• Let me know if you want to have fabric shipped to me and I will give you my home address.

• How to easily cut a Fat Quarter, if you don't already know how:  You know where the crease is down the middle just like how it comes off the bolt?  You are going to re-iron that.  Open up your 3 yard piece of fabric.  Make sure the selvedges match up well.  Selvedges are the perfect sides that have the writing with the color dots & designer info.  Re-iron the crease down the middle, lining up the selvedges.  Cut on that ironed line.  You will have 2 long pieces.  Cut each piece into (3) 1 yard pieces.  Then cut each yard in half.  Voila!  You have 12 Fat Quarters.

• Please only sign up if you are pretty sure that you can follow through with the swap.  I do realize that things come up in our lives, no biggie.  You won't get scolded or get your hands wacked with a ruler!  Those last signups that don't quite make a group of 12 will get bumped up into groups in the case that someone has to drop out & will be notified.

WHO'S READY TO SWAP?!  
Please leave a comment below so others can see who is signing up!  :)

Click Here to Sign Up!

1st Round of the Rainbow Fat Quarter Swap is Finished!

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Our first round has finished!  We got some great fabrics for the swap, as seen below:

There were a couple of glitches this round, which I hope will not happen in the future.  As with anything new, you learn what to change for next time.  Stay tuned for the next Fat Quarter Swap!

1st Rainbow FQ Swap underway & Slightly New Look on Blog

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Today I received some fabric from a participant of our very 1st Rainbow FQ Swap.  I must say that these ladies are choosing some really great fabrics!  We got 9 ladies signed up so we went ahead and decided to run with it.  Some of the choices have been uploaded to our Flickr Group for the Rainbow Swaps.  I will upload choices shipped directly from the fabric shop.  The next round will probably be for a Designer Fabric Collection.  I will speak with the current participants to get some ideas of collections.

 I decided to add a section of buttons to advertise what fabric shops are being ordered from for our FQ Swaps.  So I cleaned up the GiveAway sponsors section a bit in order to make room for the FQ Swap Suppliers.  Instead of a single row of big buttons, it's now in blocks of (4) 125x125 buttons.  All the graphics are still clear and easy to read, just slightly smaller.

I like the way this looks so much better.  I don't know why I didn't do that sooner!?  Have a great weekend Yall!

Flickr Group for our Rainbow Fat Quarter Swaps

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As per recommendation by one blog reader, I created a Flickr Group for our Rainbow FQ Swaps to help advertise the swaps.  When the Designer Fabric FQ Swaps get underway, I will create a group for that as well.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1807782@N24/

Rainbow of Fat Quarters Swap

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Hey Yall,

I wanted to send out a gentle reminder about our 1st Rainbow of Fat Quarters Swap.  Deadline to sign up is Dec 20th.  We have only 5 signed up so far, so I'm thinking it might be the time of year.  If we don't get atleast 12 to sign up, I will retry again after New Years.  Designer FQ swaps will be coming in the future as well.  I know that many of you, including myself, sew with FQ.

Click the image to read the initial post and you can sign up there if you want to join us!

Rainbow Fat Quarter Swap 1

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 CLOSED TO NEW SIGNUPS! KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FUTURE FQ SWAPS!

From the Blue Chair & Ellison Lane Quilts have been hosting Rainbow/Color Wheel Charm Swaps this year.  Being that I usually sew with pieces larger than a 5" Charm, I wanted to take their swap idea and turn it into a Fat Quarter Swap.  I'm giving this swap about a month & a half because of the Holiday Season.

This is a great way to build up your fabric stash with lots of color!  I also plan to do Designer Swaps in the future as well so stay tuned!

PLEASE READ ENTIRE POST CAREFULLY!  :)

To avoid each participant from buying alot of fabric, I will limit each swap group to 12 participants, which is how many colors are in the color wheel.  This means that each participant will have to buy only 3 yards of fabric.  If I get alot of interest to participate, there will be more groups.  But I will need the total number of participants to be divisible by 12 to create additional groups.  Participants will be grouped together in the order they sign up.  DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS DECEMBER 20TH.  PARTICIPANTS MUST BE IN THE USA OR CANADA ONLY.

DETAILS OF SWAP:

• For the Rainbow Swaps, I might use the idea from the blog FROM THE BLUE CHAIR in that she is doing 4 swaps per round (1st being bright colors, 2nd being pastels, 3rd being jewel tones with black mixed in, 4th being solids).  I might plan on adding a 5th round of light colors that are not pastel.

• Those who sign up for this first round will have priority in signing up for subsequent Rainbow rounds as long as they were good swappers, shipped on time and followed all guidelines.

• Quilt-shop-quality fabric only--please no Jo-Ann's, Walmart, etc.

• I'll assign each person in a group a different color.  You need to purchase the fabric in your assigned color.  We are swapping print fabrics only this round.  The fabric must "read" the assigned color, but does not have to be entirely that color.  Large-scale prints may not be appropriate as they will be too big.  Keep this in mind when choosing fabrics.  The image below is from The Blue Chair blog and will give you an idea of which fabrics are good for this swap.

• There are 12 participant slots for each group--everyone sends 12 Fat Quarters and I'll send you 12 Fat Quarters from other swappers.

• This round will be for Bright Colored Prints.  All color assignments will be based on the color wheel below.

• Fabric must be New, Unwashed & come from a Smoke Free environment.

• All fabric must be in my hands no later than January 10th, 2012 (although the sooner the better).  I will return the Fat Quarter packs as soon as all are received.  I hope to have the packages back to you within a week or 2.

• When mailing your fabric, you must include a Pre-Paid Priority Mail Envelope.  If you do not send the pre-paid envelope, I can't send your Fat Quarters back.  I JUST CALLED USPS CUSTOMER SERVICE TO MAKE DOUBLE SURE YOU CAN BUY PRE-PAID PRIORITY MAIL ENVELOPES & THEY SAID YES.  Place your fabric in a heavy Ziploc or other plastic bag.  Include a 3x5 index card or any size piece of paper listing your name, address & email address so I can let you know I received your fabric.  Just fold your pre-paid envelope in half & insert.  Having everything pre-paid will make things so much easier and quicker for me.

• If you choose to order your fabric online, you can have the fabric shipped directly to me.  I will cut it for you, since Fat Quarters are easier to cut than Charms.  This will avoid you having to pay shipping twice (i.e. fabric shop sends fabric to you to cut, you send fabric to me for swap). 

• Please note that if you choose to have your fabric shipped directly to me, USA Participants will have to send me a money order for $5 in the postal mail.  CANADIAN Participants will have to send me a money order for $12.  This will pay to have your final package shipped back to you via USPS Priority Mail.  If you would rather send the money via PayPal, add $1 to your amount stated above which covers the normal PayPal transaction fees as I do have a business account with PayPal.

• 3 yards of Quilt fabric weighs roughly 1 lb.  First Class Mail only goes up to 13 ounces.  Which is why USPS Priority Mail is best for this swap.

• For those participants ordering online & having the fabric shipped to me, my blog Sponsor "STITCHIN STASH" has graciously offered a 10% discount to all swap participants.  The discount code will be provided to participants only & is to only be used for our swap.

• You are more than welcome to use another online shop.  There are lots to choose from!
  

• Let me know if you want to have fabric shipped to me and I will give you my home address.

• How to easily cut a Fat Quarter, if you don't already know how:  You know where the crease is down the middle just like how it comes off the bolt?  You are going to re-iron that.  Open up your 3 yard piece of fabric.  Make sure the selvedges match up well.  Selvedges are the perfect sides that have the writing with the color dots & designer info.  Re-iron the crease down the middle, lining up the selvedges.  Cut on that ironed line.  You will have 2 long pieces.  Cut each piece into (3) 1 yard pieces.  Then cut each yard in half.  Voila!  You have 12 Fat Quarters.

• Please only sign up if you are pretty sure that you can follow through with the swap.  I do realize that things come up in our lives, no biggie.  You won't get scolded or get your hands wacked with a ruler!  Those last signups that don't quite make a group of 12 will get bumped up into groups in the case that someone has to drop out & will be notified.

WHO'S READY TO SWAP?!  
Please leave a comment below so others can see who is signing up!  :)

Click Here to Sign Up!